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how much would you charge a day(8hours)to do a plastering job for a mate?
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Plaster Mix Going off too quickly
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Cream of Tartar
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bonding or hardwall ?
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sponge floats on multifinnish
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Tips and tricks for multi finish drying time
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refina skimming trowel
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Have i been taught right?
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seanlar
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How do I plaster a large ceiling in 2 parts?
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plastering and light switches / plug sockets?????
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old wooden corner beads
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spreading faster
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CLEANING TROWELS
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VAT reg
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scrim or no scrim
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Tool belt setup
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When to s*p*r*lex
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Corners ??
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Flexi tubs
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colouring plaster
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Neater Ceiling Edges
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Getting the best out of the speedskim
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crumbling floor screeds
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I don't want to paint my plaster walls, they look beautiful as is. Is there are clear sealant?
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soot stains!!!!
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10 bags of multi finish
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Food colouring in PVA???
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heat gun to speed up plaster
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Marshalltown vs kraft elite
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cassie
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Spotless trowels best tip ever!.
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lucius
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Aquapanel Hardibacker cement boards
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Words of wisdom
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stipple finish s/c render
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Tip for cleaning trowels
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1 house 1 day??
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Scrim tape gun
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Dry wall adhesive in multi
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Removing plaster splashes
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mrpetem
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Refina poor quality for money
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can you use dab for coving
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F***ed off with buying new stapler what to get?
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Hard wall on therms
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Solo rolling gauge
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Blue Grit.
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water damaged artexed ceiling area about 1 square metre
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Help with crazing !
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Dropping plaster
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Tip for spot lights in ceilings.
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Removing paint off bricks
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Skimming over concrete lintel
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2 best tips iv picked up from the forum
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Siow the set down
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Rendering round corners?
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Trowelling up
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Hand care
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plastering over vinyl matt paint!
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How much does a plasterer cost a day
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measuring coving
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rendering cotswold stone
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Difference between a Darby and a Speedskim?
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Plasterers not turning up
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rusty trowel
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best pva if you want to pva it day before
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Jurek
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Advice on laying on and trowel up
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Danny
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Tri Sodium Citrate
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one coat sponge ;-)
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Cementone stabilising primer
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Speed skim wort buying ?
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Van vault
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straight edge level
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S a plastering
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Lime render cracking - please help
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external rendering of an outdoor bbq/fireplace
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Ceiling
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my speedskim blade is stuck!?
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Plasterboard Angle Bead Crimping Tool
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Skimming in this heat
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HAND BOARD used as a TROWEL
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fastest way to do patches
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Expanding your business
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TPF top tips
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Your Unique tricks of the trade that no one knows
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Teach me about......
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Cream a tar tar
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Fixing external bead !!
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Plaster gone off too quickly.
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DIRTY TO CLEAN OVER NIGHT
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Danny
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Wall Prep
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Forming a perfect swerve onto a bellcast bead
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spunky
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Fire proofing times
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Mixer question
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plaster man
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plastic trowel
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christ
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New Angle Beads when skimming?
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going round lights
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Nisus
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Second Skim coat
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dubbing our
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mechanically fixing boards over existing plaster
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Bagging up lathe & Plaster
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Essexboy
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Slow down/Speed up plaster tricks ?
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